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Bonnie Elizabeth Fleming

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26 November 2013

Published online:

22 September 2015

(b Chicago, IL, June 2, 1921; d Beverly Hills, CA, Jan 3, 2009). American philanthropist and photographer. Her tireless and joy-filled efforts to promote 20th-century music enabled the creation of many remarkable works. She grew up in Brooklyn and New Rochelle, New York, and eventually graduated from Wellesley College with degrees in English and Music, with an emphasis on piano performance. During the 1960s, contemporary American art captured Freeman’s imagination, leading her to collect abstract expressionistic works and write books on the artists Clyfford Still and Sam Francis. Her interest in art led to her involvement with American music. She was asked by art collecting acquaintances to contribute to the legal defense fund of ...